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iPhone / Android: Sonic Beat released, plays StepMania simfiles

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Post #1 · Posted at 2016-06-03 03:46:30pm 7.8 years ago

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No guitar? No problem! Tap to your favorite MP3s and StepMania dance tracks. Tap, hold, and swipe to the beat of the music with gameplay inspired by the popular Theatrhythm music game. Simple, precise controls make for a game that’s easy to learn and challenging to master. All levels are free and hand-made to match songs from your music library. New songs are supported all the time! Expand your music library even further by importing thousands of free songs from the popular dance game StepMania! So how does it work?

How can every level be free? Easy: just have your songs downloaded to your phone, and Sonic Beat does the rest! Purchase music from your favorite digital store and the game will detect it on your device.

Features

[*] Simple two-thumb gameplay! Tap, hold, and swipe to the beat.
[*] Three difficulty modes ranging from beginner to expert! Easy to pick up and challenging to master.
[*] Precise, lag-free controls!
[*] Leaderboards featuring your Facebook friends!
[*] All downloadable content is completely free! Just download the matching digital music from your song library to your phone.
[*] New songs are added all the time!
[*] Additionally supports thousands upon thousands of songs freely available from StepMania!

New music is added all the time! Here are the newest additions:
My House
Flo Rida
Ex's & Oh's
Elle King
Don't Let Me Down
The Chainsmokers
Supersymmetry
Starcadian
Wagon Wheel
Darius Rucker
Domino
Jessie J
Little Lion Man
Mumford & Sons
Prom Night
Anamanaguchi
Bat Country
Avenged Sevenfold
Uprising
Muse

See all available songs
http://www.sonic-beat.com/songs.php

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Post #2 · Posted at 2016-06-04 03:14:48am 7.8 years ago

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OMG OMG OMG a StepMania version of Theatrythm Final Fantasy. I so need to download this.

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Post #3 · Posted at 2016-06-04 07:52:35pm 7.8 years ago

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It's good but I have some issues with it.

Why is it freemium? Maybe it should be freemium for the featured songs but songs you own and that you import from StepMania shouldn't be freemium based. I get they need to make money but you have ads already and such, I don't understand why they have to limit me on playing my own songs.

The sync isn't really great. Even on the tutorial it fluctuates a little bit. They should include a "Test Sync" option on the options menu so you can test your sync instantly. It's irritating to change my sync and waste a coin to play a song only for it to be very late.

It needs work but otherwise it's alright.
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Post #4 · Posted at 2016-06-08 11:17:50pm 7.8 years ago

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Quote: hypnoticmarten77
Why is it freemium? Maybe it should be freemium for the featured songs but songs you own and that you import from StepMania shouldn't be freemium based. I get they need to make money but you have ads already and such, I don't understand why they have to limit me on playing my own songs.

It's freemium because no one buys premium apps anymore. But we feel the same way you do, which is why we included a buy-out option that removes all advertising and gives infinite plays. All of Sonic Beat is original code and took us over six months to create.

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The sync isn't really great. Even on the tutorial it fluctuates a little bit. They should include a "Test Sync" option on the options menu so you can test your sync instantly. It's irritating to change my sync and waste a coin to play a song only for it to be very late.

I'll assume you're playing on Android. You're right we need to include a syncronization test, but we ran out of time to include it for this first release, and it was a lower priority because the vast majority of our players are on iPhone (which does not have these sync issues). Audio sync on Android relies on a LOT of things going right, but we have plans to make it easier in upcoming versions of the game.

We and our testers were compiling a list of common sync values based on different hardware, if it may help you:
http://sonic-beat.wikia.com/wiki/Beta_Known_Issues_and_Discussion#Recommended_Calibration_Settings:

There's more details on the challenges of programming for Android at our making-of blog here:
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/BenjaminRitter/20160606/274219/The_Making_of_Sonic_Beat_Solving_rhythm_gaming_for_mobile_devices.php
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Post #5 · Posted at 2016-07-03 01:25:55am 7.7 years ago

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Ok I finally got around to using the import SM function and it worked beautiful. I was worried cause I was able to convert the MP3s into MP4s instead of the M4A as recommended on the website, but it had no issues with it being an MP4.

Post #6 · Posted at 2016-07-13 03:34:44pm 7.7 years ago

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Quote: bmhedgehog
Ok I finally got around to using the import SM function and it worked beautiful. I was worried cause I was able to convert the MP3s into MP4s instead of the M4A as recommended on the website, but it had no issues with it being an MP4.

That's .. actually really good to know. We hadn't tested container compatibility on iOS, but because your MP4s are likely M4A audio behind the scenes, the system just played it without issue. Big Grin
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Post #7 · Posted at 2016-07-13 05:23:31pm 7.7 years ago

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Post #8 · Posted at 2016-07-28 04:25:40pm 7.6 years ago

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I think this game is a copy of 【大琴师】 Music Bloom... or just the same mechanics idk.
Will add some stuff here later on.
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